Carol Burnett Preparing To Celebrate 90th Birthday With Massive NBC Special – Julie Andrews Involved

Carol Burnett, comedy icon, will turn 90 in April. NBC will present a two-hour special with Julie Andrews, as well as other A-list celebrities, to celebrate. 

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Burnett’s Birthday Celebration

Daily Mail According to NBC, the birthday special will be titled “Carol Burnett: 90 Years Of Laughter + Love.” Bernadette and Katy Perry will perform, with Andrews and other famous faces making appearances. Amy Poehler, Cher, Ellen DeGeneres, Kristen Wiig and many more

“I’m so excited NBC decided to throw me a birthday party and invited all of my closest friends,” Burnett told Deadline. “I can’t wait to look back at so many wonderful moments throughout my career, I feel so lucky to share this night with everyone.”

“This special is going to be the best party ever,” Mark Bracco, executive producer, was also added. “It will be an evening of music, comedy, and dozens of big stars paying tribute to the one, the only, Carol Burnett. We cannot wait for everyone at home to celebrate right along with us.”

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The special is scheduled to be shot at Los Angeles’ Avalon Hollywood Club. It will pay tribute to some of Burnett’s most famous performances. Old Friends will be one of the main features. It is a tribute to the decades-long friendship Burnett had with Andrews, 87.

The special will air on NBC on April 26, which is Burnett’s birthday, and it will be available on Peacock for streaming afterwards.

Burnett has worked in Hollywood for many decades, but her best-known work is for her variety show. “The Carol Burnett Show,” This program aired on CBS from 1967 to 1978. In 2005, President George W. Bush presented her with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

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Andrews And Burnett’s Friendship

Burnett will certainly enjoy the entire show, but Andrews, with whom she has been friends for decades, will be the highlight.

“Oh my gosh, yes she is such a great chum!” Andrews once spoke highly of Burnett, according To People Magazine. “And you know, I’m the bad girl when we get together. She brings out the mischief in me, and she’s the quiet one. It’s very funny.”

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Andrews and Burnett shared one of their most funny antics: they were seen kissing each other at a benefit back then in the 1960s, while waiting for Mike Nichols to arrive.

“It was Lyndon Johnson’s inaugural, so the hotel was pretty packed, but at that hour it was quite quiet,” Andrews recalled. “We decided to sit on a sofa in front of the elevators and wait for Mike. I swear I don’t remember which one of us decided that we would do something silly when Mike got out of the elevator. So one of us said, ‘Well, let’s be kissing or something.’”

They shared a delicious meal together. “big embrace” They stood in front of an elevator and when it opened they discovered that it was empty. “simply packed with Secret Service men.” Even though the elevator was able to open several times, Nichols didn’t appear.

Julie Andrews and Carol Burnett at President Lyndon B. Johnson’s Inaugural Gala, 1965. pic.twitter.com/wgGff4i5tX

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Related: Julie Andrews Teases Fans: She Reveals That She Was In A Compromising Situation With Carol Burnett

‘It Was A Great Moment’

“Eventually, a lady got out — Carol swears it was Lady Bird Johnson — the lady went down the hall and realized it might be us, and she came back,” Andrews said. “By this time Carol was laughing so hard that she went around the back of the sofa we were sitting on because we both had tears running down our faces at being so silly.”

“The lady came and looked over the back of the sofa and said, ‘Excuse me, are you Carol Burnett?’ Immediately Carol said, ‘Yes, and this is my friend Mary Poppins.’ It was a great moment,” She went on.

Learn more in the video below.

Burnett is a true living legend, so if anyone deserves this birthday special, it’s her. We can’t wait to celebrate Burnett’s 90th birthday with her later this year! 

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